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P. BAKER.

WAISTGOAT. Np. 316,220. Patented Apr. 21, 1885.

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PATRICK BAKER, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WAISTCOAT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 316,220, dated April 21, 1885.

Application filed March 14, 1884. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PATRICK BAKER, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, gentleman, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Manufacture of Under Garments; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion of the same.

"he object of theinvention is to produce an under-garment from material of flexible texture and yet impervious to air; and it consists, essentially, of a composition composed of paper-pulp mixed with jute or other fibrous material in such proportions as shall produce a material of flexible texture and yet impervious to air.

In a climate where the-human frame is sub jected to the sudden changes of temperature such as we suffer from in Canada and portions of the United States an under-garment made from material which is impervious to air, and yet which is as flexible as an ordinary cotton shirt, will be appreciated by all ,who are subjected to the discomforts of the sudden changes mentioned.

The drawing represents a view of a waistcoat made from the flexible impervious ma terial herein referred to. This material is produced substantially in the same manner as ordinary paper, except that the paperpulp before being rolled into sheets has mixed with it a quantity ofjute or other fibrous material, the said jute being mixed in about the pro portion of onehalf jute to one-half paper pulp, and is so mixed that it forms an inte gral part of the entire material when rolled between the cylinders used in the manufacture of paper. In order that the material thus produced shall be flexible, care must be taken that no resin or other sizing shall in any way be added; but in every other respect, except the addition of the jute to the paperpulp and the dispensing with the sizing, my improved material is made exactly in the same manner as ordinary paper, and when finished is cut into the required shapes to form the particular garments it is intended to produce. For instance, in the drawing I exhibit a waistcotton, silk, satin, or other similar material,

so as to protect the said edges and prevent the garment being torn. It will be noticed that all the edges are thus protected, and that k the buttons 0 are attached to the waistcoatA by a thread passing through the impervious paper and through tape or other similar textile, D, sewed onto the inside of the waistcoat. These strips D serve as strengthening-strips, and prevent the garment being torn out by strain on the buttons or the loops E,by which they are fastened. The loops E pass through the impervious material, and are secured in any convenient way to the strengtheningstrip D.

Other garments besides Waistcoats may also be made in the same manner, the points to be observed in their manufacture being that all the edges shall be protected by the binding described, and that the buttons sewed onto the impervious material shall be firmly fixed thereto by tape or other similar textile.

\Vhat I claim as my invention is- 1. As a new article of manufacture, a Waistcoat, A, or other garment made from a composition ofpaper-pulp and jute or other fibrous material, as specified, and having its edges B bound and provided with a strengtheningstrip, D, to which the buttons 0 are secured, substantially in the manner specified.

2. The waistcoat herein described, made from an impervious flexible material composed of paper-pulp and jute or other fibrous material, as specified, and having its edges bound and provided with the strengtheningstrips D D, secured to the inside thereof, the buttons 0, secured to one of said strips, and the loops E, passing through the impervious material and fastened to the other strengthening-strip, substantially as herein shown and described.

Toronto, March 5, 1884.

P. BAKER.

In presence of GEO. W. BOOMER, CHARLES C. BALDWIN. 

